How to pronounce the names of the Canonical Hours?

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Perhaps it is a silly question, but how does one pronounce the names of each of the Canonical Hours of the LotH?
 
Any in particular? For the most part, they are pronounced as you would expect.

Matins, rhymes with satins
Lauds, rhymes with odds
Prime, as you expect
Terce, as “tarss” (with a long a)
Sext, as you expect.
None, rhymes with bone
Vespers, as “VESS-perz”
Compline, as “COM-plinn”

Sadly, these names were all simplified after Vatican II.

Matins is now the “Office of Readings”
Lauds is now “Morning Prayer”
Vespers is now “Evening Prayer”
Compline is now “Night Prayer”

Prime was suppressed, and Terce, Sext and None are all “Daytime Prayers,” for mid-morning, mid-day and mid-afternoon.
 
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